TABLE 1. Characteristics associated with resections of cavernomas due to epilepsy.

		Temporal			Extratemporal
Parameter	Overall Total*	Total†	Mesial	Neocortical	Total‡	Frontal	Parietal	Occipital
total no. of surgeries	105	64	37	27	41	21	14	6
M/F patients	58/47	36/28	21/16	15/12	22/19	14/7	7/7	1/5
mean age at surgery (yrs)	35.4 ± 15	40.1 ± 15§	42.6 ± 14	36.7 ± 16	28.1 ± 14§	29.6 ± 15	29.1 ± 13	20.7 ± 14
mean no. of mos w/ epilepsy before surgery	9 ± 9	9 ± 10	9 ± 10	9 ± 11	8 ± 7	4 ± 3	11 ± 7	11 ± 8
side of lesion (rt/lt)	54/51	35/29	19/18	16/11	19/22	10/11	7/7	2/4
mean lesion size (cm)	1.8 ± 0.9	1.7 ± 0.9	1.6 ± 0.7	1.9 ± 1.1	2.0 ± 1.0	2.4 ± 1.2	1.6 ± 0.8	1.9 ± 0.7

^*Refers to total for cavernomas associated with epilepsy, as recorded in the institutional database.

^†Refers to total for temporal lobe cavernomas associated with epilepsy, as recorded in the institutional database.

^‡Refers to total for extratemporal cavernomas associated with epilepsy, as recorded in the institutional database.

^§According to ANOVA, age was statistically significantly different between patients with temporal and those with extratemporal cavernomas (p < 0.001); otherwise, there were no statistically significant differences.